Is the world of opera becoming more inclusive? A new documentary, featuring conductor Antonio Pappano, explores the mission to open up the art form to everyone....
John Constable’s The Hay Wain presents a bucolic view of England – but there’s a dark side to the idealised rural image. Widely satirised and reproduced...
Ewan McGregor has described live theatre as “good for the soul”, as he announced he is to return to the London stage for the first time...
The Oscar-tipped film by RaMell Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s novel about two boys at an abusive “reform” school and shoots it from their point of view....
This year’s Christmas number one single will be unwrapped on Friday, with a mixture of old favourites, new efforts and wild cards all in the running....
Two people have been arrested after allegedly conducting a “hazardous drone operation” near the airspace of the US city of Boston’s main airport, police said. Robert...
The social media platform Telegram uses an algorithm that promotes extremist content, a new study shared exclusively with the BBC has revealed. The report, from the...
Falling turkey and Brussels sprout prices mean Christmas dinner will cost a little less at the supermarket checkout this year. The price of Brussels sprouts has...
West African leaders are holding a crucial summit in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, focusing on the morale-sapping departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from their 15-member...
The sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire has been cleared by the government. The £3.6bn takeover by Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group has...